Condiment-holder.



P. L. FERGUSON.

CONDINIENT HOLDER. l APPLl`CATl0N FILED APR. l0, 1916.

Patented; Feb. 13, 1917.

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Specicatn of ers Patent. mbeglmld Eph, 1&3, 1191i?,

Application iiled April 1l), 1916. Serial No. 90,125.

' pendent compartments for containing differupper part of the ent condiments each having a port or discharge opening near the top of the holder, and wherein a cover is mounted to move on the holder at the top, and normally cover-- ing the ports or discharge openings and havlng a series of perforations so arranged that i by turning thev holder the series may be brought into register with the port of either compartment.

A `'urther object is to provide' a means tor permitting the holder to be easily {il-led, and for. permitting the condiments contained therein to be. broken up in case they should become caked. i

1n the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved holder,

Fig. 2 isa section on the line `of Fig. 3,

Figs. 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 3-3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged front view of the d holder and the cover, an y f Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the base...

lin the present embodiment of the` invention a holder is provided consisting of a cylindrical body 1, having its top closed at 2, and having its bottom open, the holder being externally threaded at the bottom. The holder is divided into two similar compartments by a diametrical partition 3, which extends the full length ot the .,body, being connected to the top 2 at the top of the partition. These compartments may hold did'erent condiments as tor instance, pepper and salt, and the holder is completed by a bottom 4. This bottom has a dange 5 which has threaded engagement with the body, and the bottom has a maral rib at the. opposite tace from the on opposite sides of the iange for spacing the bottom above the table or other support for the holder.

The bottom or diaphragm is provided with an opening. 6 at each compartment, and these openings, are normally closed by Stoppers 7. The body of the holder is provided With` an external rib or bead 8, near its upperend spaced at a distance from the top, and ports or outlets areprovided in the body at each compartment between the rib and the top. These openings 9 have their upper and lower side walls' in alinement, and they' are near each other, being partitionas shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

A cap-shaped cover comprising a body A 10 and a depending ange 11 is mounted to rotate on the topthe flange 11 having an external bead 12, forming an internal groove which tits over the bead 8 of the j body. The ange is of such length and the bead is so arranged with respect to. the 'body 10 that when the bead 12 is in engagement with the bead 8 the top 2 of the body of the. holder will engage the top 10 of the cover at its junction with the ange.

rllhe flange of the cap or cover is proh vided with a series of openings 13, tor each opening 9, the said openings 13 in the present instance, being six in number and arranged in rectangular formation, so that when the coverl is turned into proper position one series of openings may be brought into register with one opening 9 or the other series 13 may be brought into register with the other opening 9. rlhat is, the series 13 ot openings are spaced apart from each other in a diderent manner to the outlets 9 so that either condiment may be dis-` charged independently ot the other or both may be closed simultaneously.

Mechanism is provided tor limiting the turning movement of the cover with respect to the` holder, the said mechanism comprising spaced stop lugs 14 on the body,

- and a. depending lng 15 on the cover which is adapted to engage either lug. 'Fliese lugs 14 and' 15 are so arranged with respect to eachwother that when the lng 15 is in engagement with one lng 14 the one series 'of openings 13 will be in register with' the one outlet 9, while-when the lug 15 is in -engagement with the other lug -14 the other series of openings. 13V will register with the t other Outlet 9.

` that the improved holder will hold two diHerent condiments entirely separate and without any possibility of mixing, and that either may be discharged independently ofV the other or both may be closed simultaneously. The holder may be'illed by removing the bottom 5 6, or by removing a stop plug 7 The arrangement of the dia-- phragm spaced apart from both edges of the ring provides a means for engaging the holder tol connect the bottom thereto and also provides a means in the form of a depending rib for spacin the bottom above the supporting surface or the holder.

I claim A oondiment holder comprising a casing -having a transverse partition dividing the casing into two compartments, said casing having a lateral-discharge opening at each side of its top and at opposite sides of the partition, a cup-shaped cover mounted on the top of the casing for closing the openings and rotatably eonnected'with the casing Aat the edge of the cover and have ing series of perforations for each opening and adapted to register in alternation with the openin s'when the cover is turned, and means for imiting the rotating movement of the cover on the holder.

PETER L. FERGUSON. 

